Protest and Reverse

noun

• A formal and solemn declaration of objection.
  • usage: "they finished the game under protest to the league president"; "the senator rose to register his protest"; "the many protestations did not stay the execution"
  • synonyms: protestation
• The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent.
  • synonyms: objection, dissent
• The act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval.
  • usage: "he shouted his protests at the umpire"; "a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall"

verb

• Utter words of protest.
• Express opposition through action or words.
  • usage: "dissent to the laws of the country"
  • synonyms: resist, dissent
• Affirm or avow formally or solemnly.
  • usage: "The suspect protested his innocence"

• (v.t.) To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty.
• (v.) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them.
• (v.t.) To call as a witness in affirming or denying or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
• (v.i.) To make a solemn declaration (often a written one) expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest against your votes.
• (v.) A declaration made by a party, before or while paying a tax, duty or the like, demanded of him, which he deems illegal, denying the justice of the demand, and asserting his rights and claims, in order to show that the payment was not voluntary.
• (v.) A solemn declaration in writing, in due form, made by a notary public, usually under his notarial seal, on behalf of the holder of a bill or note, protesting against all parties liable for any loss or damage by the nonacceptance or nonpayment of the bill or by the nonpayment of the note, as the case may be.
• (v.i.) To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.
• (v.) A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly a formal objection against some act; especially, a formal and solemn declaration, in writing, of dissent from the proceedings of a legislative body; as, the protest of lords in Parliament.

Instructions given to a collecting bank that drafts falling due for payment are to be formally presented to the drawee by a notary, who is to formally record any default.

noun

• A relation of direct opposition.
  • usage: "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
  • synonyms: contrary, opposite
• The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed.
  • synonyms: reverse gear
• An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.
  • synonyms: reversal, setback, blow, black eye
• The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design.
  • synonyms: verso
• American football. ( a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction)
• Turning in the opposite direction.
  • synonyms: reversion, reversal, turnabout, turnaround

verb

• Change to the contrary.
  • usage: "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
  • synonyms: change by reversal, turn
• Turn inside out or upside down.
  • synonyms: turn back, invert
• Rule against.
  • usage: "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
  • synonyms: overrule, overturn, override, overthrow
• Cancel officially.
  • usage: "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
  • synonyms: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
• Reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of.
  • usage: "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"
  • synonyms: invert

adjective

• Directed or moving toward the rear.
  • usage: "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"
  • synonyms: rearward
• Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle.
  • usage: "in reverse gear"
• Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect.
  • synonyms: inverse

• (a.) Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.
• (a.) That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.
• (a.) To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.
• (a.) The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.
• (a.) That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.
• (a.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.
• (a.) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence or decree.
• (a.) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
• (a.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell.
• (v.i.) To return; to revert.
• (a.) To turn upside down; to invert.
• (a.) To cause to return; to recall.
• (v.i.) To become or be reversed.
• (a.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
• (a.) Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
• (a.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
• (a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

reverse is an informal name for a reverse repurchase agreement.